| Relationships | Members:
Jon Boden lead vocals, fiddle, tambourine, shaky egg, thunder tube, kazoo, whistle
John Spiers melodeons, Anglo concertina, Claviola, kazoo, vocals, tambourine
Benji Kirkpatrick guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, tenor banjo, vocals, kazoo
Rachael McShane cello, fiddle, kazoo, vocals
Paul Sartin fiddle, oboe, slide whistle, kazoo, vocals
Giles Lewin fiddle, bagpipes
Sam Sweeney fiddle, English bagpipes, kazoo, vocals, whistle
Pete Flood percussion (including frying pan, glockenspiel, knives and forks, clockwork toys, megaphone scratching, stomp box, coal scuttle, party blowers, broomsticks, ratchet, Casio VL-tone, shakers and tambourine), vocals
Gideon Juckes sousaphone, helicon, tuba
Ed Neuhauser sousaphone, helicon, tuba, vocals
Brendan Kelly saxophone, bass clarinet, vocals
Justin Thurgur trombone, vocals
Andy Mellon trumpet, vocals |
| Biography | Bellowhead was an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical styles and influences. The band included percussion and a four-piece brass section. Bellowhead's bandmembers played more than 20 instruments among them, whilst all performers provided vocals.
Their third album, Hedonism (2010), is the highest selling independently released folk album of all time, having sold over 60,000 copies and earning the band a silver disk.
The band parted after their final gig at Oxford Town Hall in 2016. During the Covid-19 pandemic, they reformed for some lockdown online performances of their most popular tracks. |